Douglas Pauls

Athlete, North Penn High School,  1976
Basketball, Baseball

4 Varsity Letters: 2 Basketball; 2 Baseball
Basketball: 1975 Team MVP and High Scorer
1975 & 1976 1st Team All Bux-Mont League
1975 Member of Bux-Mont League Basketball Team Championship
1975 Outstanding Junior Male Athlete Award
1976 Basketball Team Captain, MVP and High Scorer
1976 Baseball: Team Co-Captain
Inaugural Recipient of Floyd T. Cash Memorial Scholarship
1976 NPHS Outstanding Senior Boy Athlete Award
1976 Award for Most Recognition to NPHS in 3 years of Athletic Competition
1976 William F Dannehower Award
Graduated magna cum laude from Dickinson College 1980
Dickinson College Basketball Letter Winner 1978, 1979, 1980
Inducted into Dickinson College Sports Hall of Fame 2005

Doug was a two year letter winner in both basketball and baseball at North Penn. In his junior year, he was the leading scorer and MVP of the basketball team, and was named First Team All Bux-Mont. More importantly, he helped lead the team to the Bux-Mont League championship.  During his senior year, he was again leading scorer and MVP of the basketball team. Doug was again named First Team All Bux-Mont, making him the only North Penn basketball player ever to be named to the First Team for two consecutive years. In baseball, he was part of a team that won 16 straight games during his senior year, and was named Honorable Mention All Bux-Mont.As a senior, he was named Captain of both the basketball and baseball teams.  At North Penn, Doug was named Outstanding Junior Boy Athlete, Outstanding Senior Boy Athlete, and was recognized as the Senior Athlete who brought the most recognition to North Penn High School in three years of athletic competition. He was also proud to graduate in the top five academically in a class of 800 students.

In 1976, Doug received the Honorable William F. Dannehower Award, given annually by the Triangle Club of Central Montgomery County in recognition of an individual excelling in athletics, academics, and community service.  Doug attended Dickinson College, graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Economics in 1980, and was named a member of Phi Beta Kappa. While at Dickinson, Doug was a three year varsity letter winner in basketball, and was a member of the 1979-1980 men’s basketball team which was inducted into Dickinson’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005.

After enjoying a successful business career, Doug and his family currently reside in Haddon Heights, NJ. A father of four, Doug has gained a greater appreciation for his high school coaches after spending 15 years coaching basketball and baseball. He would also like to publicly thank Don Ryan, NPHS Athletic Director, for helping to arrange his first date with classmate Terri Pitman back in the fall of 1975; 29 years of marriage later, Doug realizes that is a debt he can never repay.